DivetheRock
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Recently, I engaged in a conversation with my instructor regarding sealing, and diving in an area in which there are sealers (knowingly or unknowingly). BTW, this is not a pro/anti-sealing thread.
For those who, by some rare chance, do not know, Newfoundland and Labrador is a province in which there is a lot of sealing, and this covers many areas, not just that of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. I happen to live in a region where sealing and diving are done in the same area.
My question to all is have you ever thought much, or at all, about what a diver surfacing looks like compared to a seal surfacing? Remember, sealing often requires that the shooter be quick and have excellent marksmanship. Having said this, being quick and noticing a diver's snorkel or mask (regardless of colour) may be mutually exclusive.
I've never personally heard of any stories in which a diver was mistaken for a seal and shot. However, as the expression goes, "there's a first time for everything".
Of all the fears to have regarding diving, I think I've developed a fear of being mistakenly shot while diving...or surfacing, to be more precise. :thinkingo
For those who, by some rare chance, do not know, Newfoundland and Labrador is a province in which there is a lot of sealing, and this covers many areas, not just that of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. I happen to live in a region where sealing and diving are done in the same area.
My question to all is have you ever thought much, or at all, about what a diver surfacing looks like compared to a seal surfacing? Remember, sealing often requires that the shooter be quick and have excellent marksmanship. Having said this, being quick and noticing a diver's snorkel or mask (regardless of colour) may be mutually exclusive.
I've never personally heard of any stories in which a diver was mistaken for a seal and shot. However, as the expression goes, "there's a first time for everything".
Of all the fears to have regarding diving, I think I've developed a fear of being mistakenly shot while diving...or surfacing, to be more precise. :thinkingo